20th December 2021

Trading a forex safe haven bias as Omicron spreads

With the soaring Omicron infection rates leaving several European countries at risk of additional lo (...)

20th December 2021

Week Ahead: Inflation and GDP with a few loose ends tied up

The temperature gauge gets turned down a few notches in the final week before Christmas. Traders wil (...)

20th December 2021

Espresso morning call: 20th December trading updates

Market sentiment has deteriorated sharply at the start of the final week before Christmas. There is (...)

17th December 2021

Espresso morning call: 17th December trading updates

The dust is settling on an incredibly hectic 48 hours in financial markets. A deluge of important ce (...)

16th December 2021

ECB with tentative steps towards tighter monetary policy

The ECB has laid out plans for the post PEPP period in Q2 2022. A small step on the road towards tig (...)

16th December 2021

FOMC signals an acceleration of tightening monetary policy

Looking at the Fed meeting on balance, there has been a relief rally that the FOMC was not more hawk (...)

16th December 2021

Espresso morning call: 16th December trading updates

There has been a considerable swing in sentiment in the wake of the FOMC meeting. Initially, markets (...)

15th December 2021

GBP hints at recovery as inflation give the BoE a headache

Rising inflationary pressure could force the Bank of England into a hawkish monetary policy move. GB (...)

15th December 2021

Espresso morning call: 15th Dec 2021 trading updates

There has been an attempt to build support on indices early today after a second successive day of s (...)

14th December 2021

Rebounds falter on uncertainty of Omicron and central banks

The glass appears to be half empty for equity markets right now. Fears over the spread of Omicron an (...)

13th December 2021

Forex majors at a key inflexion point ahead of the Fed

Approaching a series of crucial central bank monetary policy decisions, several major pairs stand at (...)

13th December 2021

Espresso Morning Call: 13th December trading updates

There is a mixed feeling to market sentiment today. Equity markets have ticked higher in early moves (...)